Ideas for Further Research

Research Ideas

One idea for a research project is to examine solutions to hypoxia.
After reading all about the increasing severity of hypoxia and the detrimental
effects it causes, you are probably wondering what is being done to
solve the problem. While the focus of this website is strictly the scientific
phenomenon of hypoxia, there is plenty of information on policy and
conservation information surrounding the issue of hypoxia. The following
are some links to get you started:

Another idea is to look at whether the important fisheries are being
affected by hypoxia. Is hypoxia affecting the Louisiana economy? If
so, to what extent? The brown shrimp is a major commercial resource
in Louisiana, and hypoxia could potentially have an economic impact
on this commercial fishery. Here are some links on the brown shrimp
fishery: